About Palm Desert, CA

The City Territory of Palm Desert, CA

Palm Desert, CA Profile

Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley, approximately 14 miles (23 km) east of Palm Springs, 121 miles (194 km) northeast of San Diego and 122 miles (196 km) east of Los Angeles. The population was 48,445 at the 2010 census, up from 41,155 at the 2000 census. The city was one of the state’s fastest-growing in the 1980s and 1990s, beginning with 11,801 residents in 1980, doubling to 23,650 in 1990, 35,000 in 1995, and nearly double its 1990 population by 2000. A major center of growth in the Coachella Valley, Palm Desert is a popular retreat for “snowbirds” from colder climates (the Eastern and Northern United States, and Canada), who swell its population by an estimated 31,000 each winter. In the past couple of years Palm Desert has seen more residents become “full-timers”, mainly from the coasts and urban centers of California, who have come for both affordable and high-valued home prices.

The Mission Statement of the City of Palm Desert, CA

The City of Palm Desert provides exemplary and sustainable services, amenities and programs for the benefit of the community.
Palm Desert is the heart of California’s Coachella Valley. Palm Desert’s outstanding quality of life offers residents and visitors of all ages a wide array of recreational, educational, shopping, housing, and entertainment opportunities as well as arts and cultural activities and world-class events in a uniquely beautiful desert environment. This premier resort destination is a thriving, safe, and sustainable community that attracts innovative employers by virtue of its diverse, highly qualified workforce and synergistic business, civic, and educational partnerships.

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